are you gullible?

AND THE BOOTS ARE GONE!!!

Jerry,

I spoke to you a few weeks ago about your chukka boots and how they would handle hot weather. I ordered a pair and have had a chance to wear them quite a bit now. Very comfortable. I have a narrow foot so I did add a standard drug store in-sole on top of the original. Snugged things up nicely.

I ordered a 14, may have been able to get away with a 13.5. (Never seen a 13.5 before, always had to pick between 13 or 14). But I like a little extra room.

The other day I spent a couple of hours on concrete and blacktop in 85 degree weather and no issues. Forgot I was wearing new boots.

If I have a complaint it's that they are too nice! I don't think I have the heart to wear them on a hard hike. I am using them as my everyday "boot". Running errands, going to meetings, light yard work etc.

I may have to get the 8 inch boot for rougher stuff even though I am sure they look just as nice.

One question. Should I use standard boot oil on the leather? And if so, how often would you treat it?

P.S. When things really start to heat up I will report back again on the comfort level of your boots. I have a feeling your insulated boots will be more comfortable than my past unlined leather boots.

Keep up the great work!

Kent

I told Kent that all I use is mink oil and shoe polish.

In the late 1960’s when the company that made the Polar Guard and I started laminating it for outerwear and sleeping bag use my ideas were resoundingly rejected by the industry.

When I started Olam all of my parkas and sleeping bags as well as all other insulated products were made with laminated Polar Guard.

When I sold out and started my laminating company I thought since I had shown the industry with Olam that laminated Polar Guard products were easy to sell they still chose not to recognize the benefits.

Today Wiggy’s makes more sleeping bags than the rest of the industry combined.

When I started having boots made for me they sold well but more importantly they worked better than any other boot on the market. Unfortunately for me the first two companies I worked with went out of business the next two companies chose not to want to do business with me because of my attitude towards goretex and Thinsulate both non-functioning components in any products let alone boots where these component represent potential foot problems over and above cold feet.

Even though I have received and published a few dozen comments from people who have bought my boots such as Kent’s the industry has yet to take the hint, Lamilite works better than any and ALL other materials used for insulation that can be put in boots in the world, just like it has proven too outperform ALL other insulations in sleeping bags, outerwear etc. in the world.

So the boots are gone except what I have left in my inventory.

Gullible

Easily taken in or tricked

From the British dictionary.

You know you are gullible if you buy a product made with goretex film and then buy a second one.

However, if you are an employee of gore it gets worse. You are not only gullible but according to Einstein you may be fringing upon being insane to think doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

I was thinking about the history of fabrics being called “hard fabrics” and came to the conclusion the term came about due to the number of layers of materials being laminated together by gore. There are 4 layers of material joined together with 3 laminations.

First you have the Teflon film known as ptfe that is laminated to a layer of urethane. Of course the adhesive clogs the holes in the film. Then the film side of this composite is laminated to the nylon shell fabric. Of course the adhesive is further clogging the holes of the film as well as some of the spaces between the yarns that are constructed to make the nylon fabric. And finally the 4^th component of the composite which is a nylon tricot, I suspect a 40 denier nylon tricot. It is laminated to the urethane of the 3 part composite already assembled.

Even though each material is quite thin and very pliable on its own when they are all joined to make one composite they get hard. Since the last application to the composite is a water repellent treatment that also contributes to the stiffness of the composite. What to call this material is a “hard fabric”.

The end result is a material that is very waterproof from the outside as well as inside; meaning your sweat DOES NOT GET OUT OF THE GARMENT.

I like to think that at some point in the not too distant future the volume of gullible people will begin to diminish and I will know that when the sales of the bogus waterproof breathable garments stay on the racks of stores like rei and ll bean, etc.

If you want a rain garment that is soft to the touch and never changes you want a Ducksback garment made exclusively by Wiggy’s.